Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Michigan's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

Electricity

Transportation

Resilience

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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2021 Michigan Building Code

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs adopted the International Code Council’s (ICC’s) 2021 building codes. The state was previously using the council’s 2015 codes. The new codes will make buildings more energy efficient, reduce emissions, lower energy bills, and stimulate job growth in the energy efficiency sector. 

Launch of MI Healthy Climate Challenge

Governor Garlin Gilchrist II announced the launch of the MI Healthy Climate Challenge (the Challenge), which will award millions of dollars in grants to projects that will help Michigan meet MI Healthy Climate Plan goals. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Office of Climate and Energy’s (OCE) grant program will include multiple grant competitions through 2026 that aim to expand equitable access to solar energy, grow green lending capacity, and increase access to clean energy funding across the state.

The MI Healthy Climate Challenge (the Challenge) will award millions of dollars in grants to projects that will help Michigan meet Mi Healthy Climate Plan goals.The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Office of Climate and Energy’s (OCE) grant program will include multiple grant competitions through 2026 that aim to expand equitable access to solar energy, grow green lending capacity, and increase access to clean energy funding across the state.

MI Healthy Climate Challenge

The Michigan Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate in the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) offers the Environmental Justice (EJ) Impact Grant program to reduce environmental health burdens and impacts in Michigan’s Environmental Justice communities. The goal of the program is to positively impact residents in Environmental Justice communities by funding place-based and equity-focused projects.

Environmental Justice Impact Grant

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Environmental Justice Impact Grants support community improvement projects addressing EJ issues across Michigan

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced 43 grants to community organizations, local governments, nonprofit organizations, Tribes, schools, and childcare centers for equity- and place-based grants that will improve public health, monitor pollution, clean up contamination, enhance indoor air quality for children, and more.